| 26 | Matthew | ||
| 1 | WHEN JESUS HAD FINISHED this discourse he said to his disciples, | The Plot to Kill Jesus Mt.26.1-5 (Jerusalem) -[ Mt.26.1-5 → ] - Mk.14.1-2, Lk.22.1-2, Jn.11.45-53 | |
| 2 | 'You know that in two days' time it will be Passover, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion.' | ||
| 3 | Then the chief priests and the elders of the nation met in the palace of the High Priest, Caiaphas; | ||
| 4 | and there they conferred together on a scheme to have Jesus arrested by some trick and put to death. | ||
| 5 | 'It must not be during the festival,' they said, 'or there may be rioting among the people.' | ||
| 6 | JESUS WAS AT BETHANY in the house of Simon the leper, | The Anointing at Bethany Mt.26.6-13 ( Bethany ) -[ Mt.26.6-13 → ] - Mk.14.3-9, Lk.12.1-8 | |
| 7 | when a woman came to him with a small bottle of fragrant oil, very costly; and as he sat at table she began to pour it over his head. | ||
| 8 | The disciples were indignant when they saw it. 'Why this waste?' they said; | ||
| 9 | 'it could have been sold for a good sum and the money given to the poor.' | ||
| 10 | Jesus was aware of this, and said to them, 'Why must you make trouble for the woman? It is a fine thing she has done for me. | ||
| 11 | You have the poor among you always; but you will not always have me. | ||
| 12 | When she poured this oil on my body it was her way of preparing me for burial. | ||
| 13 | I tell you this: wherever in all the world this gospel is proclaimed, what she has done will be told as her memorial.' | ||
| 14 | THEN ONE OF THE TWELVE, the man called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests | Judas' Agreement to Betray Jesus Mt.26.14-16 (Jerusalem) -[ Mt.26.14-16 → ] - Mk.14.10-11, Lk.22.3-6 | |
| 15 | and said, 'What will you give me to betray him to you?' They weighed him out thirty silver pieces. | - they paid him thirty pieces of silver. Mt.26.15 - Zch.11.12 | |
| 16 | From that moment he began to look for an opportunity to betray him. | ||
| 17 | On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to ask Jesus, 'Where would you like us to prepare for your Passover supper?' | The Passover with the Disciples Mt.26.17-25 (Jerusalem) -[ Mt.26.17-25 → ] - Mk.14.12-21, Lk.22.7-14, Lk.22.21-23, Jn.13.21-30 | |
| 18 | He answered, 'Go to a certain man in the city, and tell him, "The Master says, 'My appointed time is near; I am to keep Passover with my disciples at your house.' " ' | ||
| 19 | The disciples did as Jesus directed them and prepared for Passover. | ||
| 20 | In the evening he sat down with the twelve disciples; | ||
| 21 | and during supper he said, 'I tell you this: one of you will betray me.' | ||
| 22 | In great distress they exclaimed one after the other, 'Can you mean me. Lord?' | ||
| 23 | He answered, 'One who has dipped his hand into this bowl with me will betray me. | ||
| 24 | The Son of Man is going the way appointed for him in the scriptures; but alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had never been born.' | ||
| 25 | Then Judas spoke, the one who was to betray him. 'Rabbi,' he said, 'can you mean me?' Jesus replied, 'The words are yours.' | ||
| 26 | During supper Jesus took bread, and having said the blessing he broke it and gave it to the disciples with the words: 'Take this and eat; this is my body.' | The Institution of the Lord's Supper Mt.26.26-30 (Jerusalem) -[ Mt.26.26-30 → ] - Mk.14.22-25, Lk.22.14-23, 1Cor.11.23-26 | |
| 27 | Then he took a cup, and having offered thanks to God he gave it to them with the words: 'Drink from it, all of you. | ||
| 28 | For this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, shed for many for the forgiveness of sins. | ||
| 29 | I tell you, never again shall I drink from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father.' | ||
| 30 | After singing the Passover Hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. | ||
| 31 | Then Jesus said to them, Tonight you will all fall from your faith on my account; for it stands written: "I will strike the shepherd down and the sheep of his flock will be scattered." | Peter's Denial Foretold Mt.26.31-35 ( ) -[ Mt.26.31-35 → ] - Mk.14.27-31, Lk.22.31-34, Jn.13.36-38 | |
| 32 | But after I am raised again, I will go on before you into Galilee.' | ||
| 33 | Peter replied, 'Everyone else may fall away on your account, but I never will.' | ||
| 34 | Jesus said to him, 'I tell you, tonight before the cock crows you will disown me three times.' | ||
| 35 | Peter said, 'Even if I must die with you, I will never disown you.' And all the disciples said the same. | ||
| 36 | JESUS THEN CAME with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane. He said to them, 'Sit here while I go over there to pray.' | The Prayer in Gethsemane Mt.26.36-46 (Gethsemane) -[ Mt.26.36-46 → ] - Mk.14.32-42, Lk.22.39-46 | |
| 37 | He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. Anguish and dismay came over him, | ||
| 38 | and he said to them, 'My heart is ready to break with grief. Stop here, and stay awake with me.' | ||
| 39 | He went on a little, fell on his face in prayer, and said, 'My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me by. Yet not as I will, but as thou wilt.' | ||
| 40 | He came to the disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, 'What! Could none of you stay awake with me one hour? | ||
| 41 | Stay awake, and pray that you may be spared the test. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.' | ||
| 42 | He went away a second time, and prayed: 'My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to pass me by without my drinking it, thy will be done.' | ||
| 43 | He came again and found them asleep, for their eyes were heavy. | ||
| 44 | So he left them and went away again; and he prayed the third time, using the same words as before. | ||
| 45 | Then he came to the disciples and said to them, 'Still sleeping? Still taking your ease? The hour has come! The Son of Man is betrayed to sinful men. | ||
| 46 | Up, let us go forward; the traitor is upon us.' | ||
| 47 | While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared; with him was a great crowd armed with swords and cudgels, sent by the chief priests and the elders of the nation. | The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus Mt.26.47-56 ( Gethsemane ) -[ Mt.26.47-56 → ] - Mk.14.43-50, Lk.22.47-53, Jn.18.3-12 | |
| 48 | The traitor gave them this sign: 'The one I kiss is your man; seize him'; | ||
| 49 | and stepping forward at once, he said, 'Hail, Rabbi!', and kissed him. | ||
| 50 | Jesus replied, 'Friend, do what you are here to do.' They then came forward, seized Jesus, and held him fast. | ||
| 51 | At that moment one of those with Jesus reached for his sword and drew it, and he struck at the High Priest's servant and cut off his ear. | ||
| 52 | But Jesus said to him, 'Put up your sword. All who take the sword die by the sword. | ||
| 53 | Do you suppose that I cannot appeal to my Father, who would at once send to my aid more than twelve legions of angels? | ||
| 54 | But how then could the scriptures be fulfilled, which say that this must be?' | ||
| 55 | At the same time Jesus spoke to the crowd. 'Do you take me for a bandit,' he said, 'that you have come out with swords and cudgels to arrest me? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple, and you did not lay hands on me. | ||
| 56 | But this has all happened to fulfil what the prophets wrote.' Then the disciples all deserted him and ran away. | ||
| 57 | JESUS WAS LED OFF under arrest to the house of Caiaphas the High Priest, where the lawyers and elders were assembled. | Jesus before the Council Mt.26.57-68 (Jerusalem) -[ Mt.26.57-68 → ] - Mk.14.53-65, Lk.22.54-55, Jn.18.13-14, Jn.18.19-24 | |
| 58 | Peter followed him at a distance till he came to the High Priest's courtyard, and going in he sat down there among the attendants, meaning to see the end of it all. | ||
| 59 | The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some allegation against Jesus on which a death-sentence could be based; | ||
| 60 | but they failed to find one, though many came forward with false evidence. Finally two men | ||
| 61 | alleged that he had said, 'I can pull down the temple of God, and rebuild it in three days.' | ||
| 62 | At this the High Priest rose and said to him, 'Have you no answer the the charge that these witnesses bring against you?' | ||
| 63 | But Jesus kept silence. The High Priest then said, 'By the living God I charge you to tell us: Are you the Messiah, the Son of God?' | ||
| 64 | Jesus replied, "The words are yours. But I tell you this: from now on, you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of God and coming on the clouds of heaven.' | - hereafter you will see the Son of man Mt.26.64 - Ps.110.1, Dn.7.13 | |
| 65 | At these words the High Priest tore his robes and exclaimed, 'Blasphemy! Need we call further witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy. | ||
| 66 | What is your opinion?' 'He is guilty,' they answered; 'he should die.' | ||
| 67 | Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists; | ||
| 68 | and others said, as they struck him, 'Now, Messiah, if you are a prophet, tell us who hit you.' | ||
| 69 | Meanwhile Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard when a serving-maid accosted him and said, "You were there too with Jesus the Galilean.' | ← Peter's Denial of Jesus Mt.26.69-75 (Jerusalem) -[ Mt.26.69-75 → ] - Mk.14.66-72, Lk.22.56-62, Jn.18.15-18, Jn.18.25-27 | |
| 70 | Peter denied it in face of them all. 'I do not know what you mean', he said. | ||
| 71 | He then went out to the gateway, where another girl, seeing him, said to the people there, 'This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.' | ||
| 72 | Once again he denied it, saying with an oath, 'I do not know the man.' | ||
| 73 | Shortly afterwards the bystanders came up and said to Peter, 'Surely you are another of them; your accent gives you away!' | ||
| 74 | At this he broke into curses and declared with an oath: 'I do not know the man.' At that moment the cock crew. | ||
| 75 | And Peter remembered how Jesus had said, 'Before the cock crows you will disown me three times.' He went outside, and wept bitterly. | ||
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